“Take That are in a league of their own, they are the ultimate boyband and have the career we wish for in our wildest dreams.

“And we know it’s early days but we would love to be making music for as long as they have. Our dream would be to sell out eight days at Wembley like they did.”

The five solo contestants were put together as a band during last year’s boot camp stage of X Factor.

And despite finishing third, the talented lads look destined to be that year’s biggest success story and they say they have “cool” boss Simon Cowell to thank for that.

Liam said: “Simon makes the final decision on everything we do so he is obviously the man to impress but he’s not scary like people think.

“In fact he’s been really cool and given us lots of freedom.

“We got to write our own songs and were allowed to pick the final draft for the album.”

Despite their bond with X Factor boss Cowell, the lads admit they rarely get to see him and aren’t allowed his mobile number.

Louis, 19, said: “Simon’s been in America so much with the US show but there have been a lot of phone calls. He’s still very much hands-on, just not face to face.

“We aren’t allowed to have his number though because if we had it it would definitely leak out. We’d probably give it out to people.”

Youngest member Harry said: “The best bit of advice he has given us was to go out and be the boyband we want to be.

“That has really stuck with us and we have made that our little motto.”

So what is the boyband they want to be? Liam, 19, joked: “We are like the Inbetweeners meets boyband. We are a little bit mischievous, we like to have a laugh and a joke, we don’t want to take things too seriously.

“But at the same time we are really ambitious and dedicated.

“It can be hard coping with the pressure but the other lads understand how you are feeling.

“We are making the most of every minute and loving it.”

The five hunks went from normal teenagers to sex symbols overnight.

With a return performance on this year’s X Factor and a debut album released in time for Christmas, the boys’ fan base is set to rocket.

And with the lads being young, free and single, apart from Liam, they admitted they had been put on their best behaviour by management.

Louis joked: “We sometimes get the daddy talk of the birds and the bees by management. But were are just your normal teenage lads.

“The fans are insane though. We get a marriage proposal pretty much every day. No one has turned up in a wedding dress with handcuffs yet but you never know.”

Niall, 17, said: “One mum was with her daughter but whispered to me, ‘If you are looking for an older woman, then just give me a shout’.”

The pressure of being in the band has been blamed for Zayn, 18, recently splitting with Rebecca Ferguson, and Louis breaking up with long-term girlfriend Hannah Walker.

And as a result, Liam is determined to keep his secret nine-month relationship out of the headlines.

He said: “This is our job but we still have a private life too. You don’t want it to be everyone else’s business, you want it to be your own.”